St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-29
COALEY TALKS FIGHT.
His Manager Declares That He viii
Meet Killen on Any Terms.
SULLIVAN SPARS IN LONDON.
Weir En- Route to Minneapolis---Phe Pc
desirians Disgusted---The Foot
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ASHLAND, Nov. 2S.-For some time
past there has been quite controversy
in sporting circles as to the relative
merits of two well-known pugilists of
the Northwest-M. G. Conley, Of this
city, and Pat Killen, of Minneapolis,
Mr.. Conley, before coming to Ashland,
made record in the East which brought
him, in the estimation of large mum
Der of the sporting fraternity, to APPOINT
close up to John l.. Sullivan. Those
who observed the fighting qualities OF
COnley in Philadelphia and other East
ern cities, where he fought twenty-eight
battles and lost but one, and that being
by a Knockout blow III his second
contest, have been anxious to see him
matched against some one worthy OF
his steel. This has become quite gen.
orally known, and not few OF the fra
ternity have esSayed to place them
selves on his track Gn the newspapers.
Conley has endeavOred to accommodate
number of these gentlemen-amOng
the rest, Cardiff. Glow and Killen. AL
though Conley has been backed and is
now backed by men of great wealth,
who do not class themselves as sports
y
failed to get one of them
TO COME TO TIME.
Two weeks ago COnley attended the
GlOver-Clow match at Minneapolis, and,
hitter the battle (So-called), he tried TO
arrange match with Killen. but with
no success. However, the next
morning Killen issued a chal-
lenge to Glover, Glow, Cardiff or
COnley. As soon as ConleY learned of
this he. accompanied by wealthy gen.
tleman of this city, called at Killen's
place and, in business-like way,
offered to accept his challenge, or to
fight him according to any rules, at any
place, at any time, or under any az
rangement the challenger chose to
make: and 81. 900 in cash was here dis
played and anXiOusly awaited a cover.
Killen declined, saying he wanted to
make Cardiff fight or ''drive him into
his hole" but claiming he would give
Gonley an opportunity soon; This was
Tuesday, Nov. 10. The following Sat
urday morning his challenge to Conley
appeared in the GLOBE, and was imme-
diately accepted by telegraph and fol-
lowed by cash deposit of $3.50,
which was added to former deposit of
SlC0 which Conley had posted with the
sporting editor of the GLOBE on the
18th. Killen'S challenge, which was ev-
identity meant for terrOriZing' bluff
''skin gloves, to finish, $1,000 SIDE"
and other horrible thingS-did not have
the effect that was intended.
''WE HAVE WAITED NINE d AVS
for response" said j. d. Hayes, Con-
ley's manager, to-day, ''but we have
heard nothing, and have about con-
cluded that Killen has made big mis-
take and has Slung out bluff that he is
sorry for. Now, he is the challenging
party, but if it is as | suspect, that he
has no one to furnish him with the sin
ewS of war, or if he has lost confidence
in himself, or has not the Wherewlth,
we will be generous with him by giving
him a chance to redeem himself, even so
far as to fight for the gate receipts. All
though he has left himself open we
have no desire to crush him. If he don't
come forward, as we have rendered him
the opportunity through the GLOBE to
name date and place of signing arti-
Giles, we will claim the heavyweight
championship of the Northwest, and
COnley will defend it against all corners
of his class. 1t looks to a man up a
tree as though the Killen crowd were
trying to get out of this thing by palming
off Paddy Mcdonald in his stead. The
latter is good man, but, with all due
respect to him, COnley's friends are
shooting at another rOostsr at present.
Paddy is young man, which | cannot
say of Killen, Glow, or Cardiff"
COnley is in excellent condition, land it
is doubtful if any man in the ring ever
had such backing, the amount OF capital
behind him behind him being repre-
scented by an unlimited amount of
money.